Cypress Wins Twice in Baseball

Cypress, the only team in Orange County able to play baseball Sunday, swept two games from Treasure Valley (Ore.) in the Cypress-Coast Tournament.

The Chargers won the first game, 10-0, and took the seven-inning second game, 11-7.

In the first game, Steve Smyth, a freshman left-hander, gave up an infield single in the sixth inning but nothing else in eight innings. He struck out six and walked two in improving to 3-0.

Brandon Smith hit a three-run homer and Brian Anderson added a two-run homer as Cypress (6-4) scored five times in the eighth to take a 10-0 lead.

Gabe Gerhardt hit two three-run homers in the second game. His first-inning shot put Cypress ahead, 3-0.

Smith and Adam Spiker had each driven in two runs as Cypress scored five runs in the second inning. Gerhardt hit his second three-run shot in the fourth to put Cypress ahead, 11-2.

The games Sunday at Golden West and Orange Coast were postponed because of wet fields and will be played today. Golden West will host Treasure Valley at 10 a.m. and College of the Canyons at 2 p.m. Southwestern is at Orange Coast at 10 a.m. and Long Beach is at Orange Coast at 2 p.m.

Southwestern is at Cypress at 2.

Softball tournament postponed--The Tournament of Champions, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at Maxwell Park in Anaheim, wasn’t played because of wet fields.

The tournament has been rescheduled for March 14-15, according to Cypress Coach Brad Pickler. It marked the second consecutive tournament that was postponed because of weekend rain.

Cypress’ season-opening tournament also was lost and is scheduled this weekend. Cypress was 14-1 after two weeks last season but has yet to play a game this season.